By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 2:10-17 I am not part of a generation where one can count on another to keep their word. In fact, I do not think the previous generation was much better. I have heard stories about a former age relying on handshakes and a good look in the eye to get business done, but it seems like a long
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Philippians 2:1-5, 13-15 The essentials to maintaining a healthy physical body are familiar. Doctors, physical trainers, and nutritionists agree with the basic components: Eat a balanced diet covering all the needed vitamins and minerals, exercise, drink plenty of fluids, and get a good night’s sleep. But what is essential to maintain good health as the body of Christ? Paul tells us
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Galatians 5:13-15, 6:1-5, 10 “Liberty is being free from the things we do not like, in order to be slaves to the things we do like.” — Ernest Bean In Galatians, Paul calls on believers to celebrate their freedom from the legalistic path prescribed by the Old Testament laws. In this passage he describes a high and noble use of this
By Brent Moore Pastor, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 1:1-11 Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who knows exactly what you are thinking? The intimacy is so close they ask questions even when they already know the answers. This friend uses questions to extract the truth of your peril so that you may see the point. When your soul is laid bare, these “wounds of
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Haggai 1:1-11; 2:5-9 It is so hard to do what you are told when you want something else. Kids have a hard time obeying their parents when they really want the new toy. Husbands have a hard time fixing the leaky faucet when their truck needs to be washed. All of us tend to believe our own excuses for
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Matthew 18:21-28, 32-33 Today’s Bible Study applies to everybody. It does not matter if you are 4 years old or 104. Everyone knows the experience of being hurt by someone else. Often it is just your feelings that are wounded. But we also can experience damage financially and physically at the hands of another person. As a young preacher I was
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Habakkuk 3:1-6, 11-13, 16-19 Habakkuk comes to terms with God doing what He wants to do in the world. At one level Habakkuk’s problem is a human problem. We want to be God and we want to be in control. However, God is His own interpreter and orchestrator of His work. God has creator rights and that includes judgment
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Acts 9:26-28, 11:21-26 Like a lot of folks, the name by which I am called is not my real name. From birth, my parents referred to me by the nickname “Jay.” Few people would recognize me by my legal name. Today’s Bible lesson is about a man whose formal name was “Joseph.” But he is much better known by his nickname
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Habakkuk 1:1-6, 12-13; 2:1-4 Have you ever found yourself in a situation you thought was bad, and suddenly you hear it is going to get worse? Maybe it was a sickness turned deadly. Maybe you discovered the job is about to be “phased out.” Maybe your troubled kid turns up in jail. Whatever the predicament is, the outlook is
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: John 15:9-14 In 1984 the musical band “Foreigner” declared “I want to know what love is! I want you to show me!” Those two statements can be thought of as a prayer. We certainly long to know what love is. Who better to show us than the Lord Himself? In this passage, Jesus helps His disciples know how to recognize love.
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 2:10-17 I am not part of a generation where one can count on
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Philippians 2:1-5, 13-15 The essentials to maintaining a healthy physical body are familiar. Doctors, physical trainers,
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Galatians 5:13-15, 6:1-5, 10 “Liberty is being free from the things we do not like, in
By Brent Moore Pastor, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 1:1-11 Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who knows exactly what
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Haggai 1:1-11; 2:5-9 It is so hard to do what you are told when
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Matthew 18:21-28, 32-33 Today’s Bible Study applies to everybody. It does not matter if you are
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Habakkuk 3:1-6, 11-13, 16-19 Habakkuk comes to terms with God doing what He wants
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Acts 9:26-28, 11:21-26 Like a lot of folks, the name by which I am called is
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Habakkuk 1:1-6, 12-13; 2:1-4 Have you ever found yourself in a situation you thought
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: John 15:9-14 In 1984 the musical band “Foreigner” declared “I want to know what love is!